Petrotrin responds to oil sightings

Consistent with our response in relation to a similar report received yesterday involving oil at Fullerton Beach, Cedros, a team of officials responded immediately and observed oil sheens and patches of oil on the sand at these locations.

The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness Management were notified and Company officials conducted two helicopter fly-overs of the south-western shoreline and the Gulf of Paria. No discernible sources of oil or leaks were observed.

The Company has established Incident Command Teams and we are conducting a thorough examination of our facilities, particularly offshore and our submarine infrastructure to determine if our installations are in any way connected to the oil sightings. All available resources have been mobilized to manage the situation.

We continue to work together with our regulatory agencies in the response.